''Zosuchus'' ("Zos
anyon
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crocodile") is a
genus of
basal
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Science
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* Basal (medicine), a minimal level that is nec ...
,
Late Cretaceous crocodyliform from the Mongolia.
The type species is ''Z. davidsoni'', after preparator Amy Davidson. The name was emended to ''davidsonae'' in 2004.
Discovery
It was found in the Redbeds of Zos Canyon (
Djadokhta Formation) in the
Gobi Desert
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Geography
The Gobi measures from southwest to northeast an ...
of
Mongolia by expeditions organized by the
American Museum of Natural History
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, and described by
palaeontologists
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